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Hi! I am a Senior applying to colleges this year and I am worried about test-optional versus submitting. I am in the top 10% of my grade, an uw GPA of 3.8657, a list of 9 AP, 2 Nearby college courses …

12th grade and am planning to apply Ed this fall.

Since Cornell (Ithaca, NY) requires two years of living on campus, I assume it’s less likely to get room preferences met for both years. I have read on Reddit posts that it’s actually somewhat easy to …

My dream school is Georgia tech doing computer science (although business is good too). My profile is clearly oriented to CS (around 7 ECs being tech) but I know how competitive it is in getting into …

The college I'm thinking of applying to has a 35% graduation rate. The other option has a 45% rate. Should I???? Is it risky???

Hey! Just a quick question about the common app- do I have to submit it for all the colleges at once, or can I start it today (i.e. apply to three schools) and come back tomorrow and submit more?

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I received an email from Cornell admissions to attend a virtual meeting about financial aid information and my parents can listen..I already applied and last week I attended a virtual session. Does th …

Is creating a college resume a requirement, and could it potentially enhance my chances of admission?

Would an essay about my family being full of women (aunts, grandma, mother, sisters-kind of a matriarchy) and how they've taught me to have certain traits while dealing with the absence of a strong ma …

Do I have like, any chance of getting into schools like UC San Diego or UC Berkeley if I'm from a very small town in Ohio that only offers a single AP course and a few CC+ college classes, with the hi …

I am a current 10th grader taking all honors and one AP class. As a freshman, I took all honors and one AP as well but earned a C+ and a B in two of my classes. Because of this, my cumulative (weigh …

Juilliard has been my dream school forever because of their prestigious music program, and I would love to know what my chances are of getting in.

I have GPA of 3.8/4 and looking for some advice

I have a 4.155 GPA and i'm 5th in my class. I have a CPR certificate and lots of volunteer hours. I have also taken 7 college classes as dual credit. I've really worked on my application trying to get …

I am a freshman in high school. My family and I moved from Dubai (We are Indians) in 2022. My dad works on an H1-B visa and I am an H-4 dependent. I have read on multiple online sources that my visa d …

I'm thinking to apply ED to Penn this fall, and one of my classmate is also doing it. His parents are both Penn legacies. However, my grades and extracurriculars are better than his. I'm wondering if …

I love dancing and would like to do it as i’m getting my education in communications. Would that be possible?

I would love to either minor or major in dance but also I would love to be on dance team as well. Is it possible though?

I want to double major in computer science and marketing and for some colleges they do not let you cross major houses. If so, is there a different application to get into one major compared to the oth …